I crashed and burned after dinner....DD offered me a bite of her ice cream and it went down hill from there. Note to self: one bite of ice cream doesn't work - have none....much easier that way!

I've gotten in 2 gym workouts this week, can't go tonight, tomorrow night I have dance class which is 1 1/2 hours so that will count as a workout, and will go to the gym hopefully Saturday during the day so I am good with workouts. Food is so-so. Not horrible, but not great either. Today I brought my lunch and two snacks(fruit and some chocolate-which again, the chocolate not the best but i'm working on it). I didn't work yesterday so I ate lunch at home, tomorrow will be bringing lunch, Friday taking out potential new employee for lunch. I am picking the restaurant, so I'll be sure to select one where I can get something fairly healthy.

Jill

Glad to hear that the RD was reassuring Laura.

Iz - sounds like an aha moment to me ; )

I had another rough day with food on Tuesday. Substituting crackers for a healthier snack and had some of dd's dessert.

Thankfully I haven't gained anything but it's only a matter of time if I keep eating like this.

I see some white knuckle days in my future until I get back to being able to stay on plan with a bit more ease.

It's been a good day, but kind of weird. I was way up this AM, despite not going off plan at all in the last few days. After some checking of my food journal, I noted an interesting trend...

anything I've eaten with red wine in it has caused some serious weight gain the next day. And more than 1 extra headache. After talking with my RD, she's agreed with me that it might be that I'm sensitive to it. (I inherited a very touchy sensitivity to salt from my grandmother that I already knew about.)

This is only disheartening in the temporary realm, I love bolognese sauce and won't have time to really work on a new pot of it until Sunday.

So otherwise, I'm sitting in a comfortably stressed position for my test Friday, we'll see how that goes the rest of the week. I usually freak out on the last day before the test.

On a side note, she was happy with my cholesterol test numbers and told me to focus on weight loss for now. (And to quit getting so worked up about it. )

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Originally posted by iz:
stop buying chocolate chips. what a revelation, eh?.

Love this post!

When dd was younger I struggled so much with Cheddar Bunnies. I would struggle while I resisted them and I struggled when I caved. I was just awful to feel that much stress over crackers. Geez!

Now I do not buy them.

It helped. I removed that problem.

Keeping a clean pantry makes my life far more calm and centered. No struggle over do I or don't I eat _________.

I have enough struggle and challenge in my life. I don't need to have the crackers niggling at my sense of calm and peace.

I find overeating and/or eating off plan very stressful.

Tuesday was another good day. I am sitting down for my food and it's curbing those extra bites and tastes. This really is a discipline that I can practice and improve. I am loving being cleaner with my eating.

No intentional exercise. My calories were about 1600.

monday was very good altho i di dnot sleep that well. i am going to make sleep a priority tonight.

i think i have a solution to my "almonds and chocolate chips" problem. stop buying chocolate chips. what a revelation, eh? (somebody hit me over the head, for heaven sakes!) i have been eating bananas, dates and other fruits after dinner for something sweet, with some crushed almonds. seems to be working out well.

So far so good for me, too. But it's only Monday.

Good day for me too. Mondays always seem easier than the weekend for me.

I had a good on plan day today. I sat for almost everything and was pretty aware of my eating and mindful of the process. I good start for me.

Burned 250 calories with intentional exercise.

No buying lunches out this week. I want to bring lunch with me every day. I ate a very late breakfast today so I ended up not eating lunch. My other goal is to get to the gym 4 nights this week.

Jill

i had a fabulous sunday. which really set the tone (very positive) for today. i felt slender and energetic (not bloated) and i am really motivated for this week. this week, i would like to try some new things for breakfast. i am not sure i can pull it off becuase tuesday and wed are super busy so falling back on my usual food is probably best. maybe for thursday, i can try something different.

i have found --stopping and thinking about what i will eat---has helped a lot this past week.

I really want to focus on sitting for everything I eat this week. I still tend to get sloppy with extra tastes and bites when I stand. I just love it when I am cleaner with food. So- that's my focus.

I am, of course, writing my plan daily and plan to stick to it.

Today- I have not sat for everything...

Actually, it was standing up today when I realized how much I miss the discipline of sitting and eating. I enjoy my food so much more when I focus on it and eat with intention. Plus, I focus on eating yummy, well prepared for instead of grabbing some ww pretzels or TLC crackers.

I ate way too much this week. The only thing that kept the scale in check was that I doubled up on workouts most days to compensate.

I need to get back to normal eating!

I am heading back into school mode tomorrow. Today I need to start the week off in the right direction and finish as much of the homework I have due Friday as I can, since I have a big test on Friday that I need to take time to study for.

If I can keep my exercise on track, not stress eat all week, and find a way to not flip out mentally before the test, I will be doing extremely well.

I'm not hoping for much.

It's not eating/exercise related, but I finally got around to taking many, many, years of dead consumer electronics items to the recycling center.

I had a pretty good week.fatigue was my enemy but I did not cave to munchies. i am resting today. no exercise. going to enjoy a nice slow day. plant some plansies.

next week will be busy again so i need to brace myself. i have lunches packed thru thursday. i am in ok shape so far.

I had a salty munchy week. Especially in the late afternoon....I minimized the weight damage with adding in workouts (I've done 32 miles since Monday and am planning more this weekend) but I need to go back to my normal food plan.

I also had diet pop which I normally try to avoid.

Things aren't going so well for me this week. I've already eaten out 3 times, when my limit is once. Two of those were on my own--1 planned and 1 not--and then my friends from DC came into town unexpectedly yesterday and wanted me to go out to dinner. And none of these meals were healthy. Bleh.

I got in my three treadmill walks again this week.

In spite of the cost, I'm glad that my old treadmill died, because my new one is much, much, much, better.